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By James Fletcher

Fletcher Techniques

Shallow Water Blackout Physiology wins everytime

In response to the number of people contacting me in recent times looking to improve their breath hold and I’ve lost count of the number of people wanting to get into spear-fishing or free-diving, I’m pushing this out to share. S...

James Fletcher

5 years ago

Apnoea, Breath Hold, Breathing Science, Fletcher Techniques, Performance Breathing

INTERMITTENT HYPOXIC TRAINING (IHT) PART 3/4

HYPOXIA & CENTRAL GOVERNOR Introduction The last blog introduced the different ways we can increase the stress to the body by reducing oxygen supply to the tissues. We call this desaturation, and we measure it with a pulse oximeter. By ...

James Fletcher

6 years ago

Apnoea, Breath Hold, Breathing Science, Fletcher Techniques, Performance Breathing

Nobel Prize – How we sense Oxygen

Nobel Prize in Physiology – OXYGEN This years Nobel prize in Physiology goes to 3 researchers who helped to reveal the way cells in the body respond too and sense oxygen availability. We now know the body senses Oxygen at the tissue le...

James Fletcher

6 years ago